Haywood
Haywood was the 6944th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1899, when it ranked 369th; the most babies were born in 1919 (137). Over the last ten years it has moved down 482 places. More babies were named Haywood in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,944 boys, up 1,361 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1919137 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,541babies recorded
Haywood popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,944 | 12 |
| 2020 | #8,305 | 9 |
| 2010 | #12,951 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,057 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,510 | 17 |
| 1980 | #2,023 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,145 | 52 |
| 1960 | #857 | 79 |
| 1950 | #655 | 114 |
| 1940 | #621 | 92 |
| 1930 | #659 | 89 |
| 1920 | #549 | 124 |
| 1910 | #487 | 33 |
| 1900 | #426 | 28 |
| 1890 | #842 | 7 |
| 1880 | #617 | 10 |
How popular is Haywood, counting every spelling?
Haywood is the most common spelling of a name family that had 17 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 17 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood | 12 | #6,944 | 50 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Haywood?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Haywood (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Haywood born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Haywood.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Haywood?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Haywood are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 47 and 75. That makes Haywood a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Haywood: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Haywood, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Haywood
How popular is the name Haywood?
Haywood was the 6944th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1899, when it ranked 369th; the most babies were born in 1919 (137). Over the last ten years it has moved down 482 places. More babies were named Haywood in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Haywood a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Haywood in the US.